Guides: ARTH 420 Art History: Medical Image Collections

Medical Image Collections

Chinese Public Health Posters
An exhibition of 20th century posters in the collection of the National Library of Medicine.
From Monsters to Modern Medical Miracles
An exhibition on the evolution in the conception and illustration of "monsters" in medical literature, created by the National Library of Medicine.
Historical Atlases on the Web
A searchable and browsable website of illustrations from medical atlases, created by the National Library of Medicine.
Image Collections - History of Medicine
This is a selective, annotated list of websites of images created by the Osler Library.
Images from the History of Medicine
There are nearly 60 000 scans of images in this database from the collection of the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine.
Visible Human Project
This is the National Library of Medicine's project in which three dimensional images of male and female bodies have been created.
Wellcome Images
The Wellcome Trust Medical Photographic Library has scans of over 160 000 historical and contemporary images. Search for historical images in advanced mode.